Sex, color, and mate choice in guppies
By: Anne E. Houde.
Series: Monographs in behavior and ecology
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
Subjects: Guppies -- Behavior; Sexual behavior in animals; Sexual selection in animals
Description: This book describes the sexual behavior of guppies and examines how mate choice by females leads to the evolution of the conspicuous colors and the courtship displays for which guppies are widely recognized. The author shows that female guppies prefer males with bright color patterns, especially those with orange spots, and that the mating preferences of females lead to sexual selection on both color patterns and courtship displays of males.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-200) and indexes.